FAQ

Coming from a point of view of just a "regular person" I watched So You
Think You Can Dance and fell in love. It does have a lot of the same
tricks as American Idol, but there's one big and important thing that
it does not share, and that is when they eliminate the contestants for
the purpose that America does not pick the best dancer based on just
personality. What actually happens is that America picks the bottom
three couples, and then they each have 90 seconds to prove
themselves(it is obvious who has practiced or not) and then the judges
eliminate two of them. And I think majority of the time, the judges
give very good reasons, they are not biased, they are fair. But
afterwards, when it comes to the top 5 couples, they are separated and
then randomly chosen for one another to see the chemistry they can have
with other partners. In that voting process, America chooses who stays
and who leaves, until the final four where one is chosen as America's
favorite dancer. (not America's best dancer) Another thing I liked
about the judging process is that they switch judges to prevent a bias,
but they are usually judges of different styles just as the contestants
are. The contestants are obviously chosen because of their strength in
their own style, but in the process of trying out, they are tested if
they can follow different sorts of choreography well to test their
versatility and if they can, the judges tell if they are voted into
competition or not. But throughout the competition, they do beautiful
and fun pieces, which makes the show very addicting to watch because no
one knows what type of dance will be chosen for them or how they will
do.

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